Subsidiaries
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
a: dark brown coloured body | no real tan head
a: peanuts | rich malts | soft coffee
f: earthy | caramelised sugars | yes...nutella!
t: velvety chocolate | mellow prunes | lactose end
o: rich throughout | deep flavours | true-to-name...nice!
16 ounce pour on draught | Ellicottville Brewing Company: Ellicottville, New York | 30-January-2026 | US$5,00 | pint pour on draught | sampled: 30-January-2026 after skiing with my family of five here in Upstate New York
a: peanuts | rich malts | soft coffee
f: earthy | caramelised sugars | yes...nutella!
t: velvety chocolate | mellow prunes | lactose end
o: rich throughout | deep flavours | true-to-name...nice!
16 ounce pour on draught | Ellicottville Brewing Company: Ellicottville, New York | 30-January-2026 | US$5,00 | pint pour on draught | sampled: 30-January-2026 after skiing with my family of five here in Upstate New York
Tried
from Draft
at
Ellicottville Brewing Company
on 30 Jan 2026
at 16:14
5.5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 6
Eye is light brown orangish hint on hazy pale. Very slight cherry nose. First taste is mild cherry and a minimal tart impact, could use more. Palate is not wheat ale bitter as other ellicottville wheat fruit beers I've done and I'm thankful for that. Goes down fairly easy and the co2 level pretty good. In the middle I'm finding this decently balanced, just enough wheat ale bitterness to let you know it is a wheat ale, yet not enough forward to get in yer face. For overall taste, I must say the session is better than expected. Could drink another without much issue.
Tried
from Can
from
Vintage Estate Wine and Beer
on 10 Dec 2025
at 19:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Slightly hazy, bright yellow amber color with a small white head; aroma of graham cracker, spice; somewhat smooth palate; balanced flavor with a long, light bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
at
City Tap Cleveland
on 18 Nov 2025
at 04:55
2.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 1.5
Texture 2
Overall 1
Pour is hazy pale from a 2$ can obtained at chalet, north lima. Nose is stronger sweetness laced with agave and hints of lime aroma. Pond scum thin head. First taste is quite sharp in bitterness, not like hops, but more like unripe lime peel and pulp. Description is a little misleading regarding the bitterness. Its almost phenolic in nature. Whew. Also, where is the tangy? Absent. Think harsh plastic. Was hoping for more, considering the label but this is certainly a unique IPA displaying all its poorly made immature rookie brewer, sharp bitter colors. Must be the agave and lime. Oh well. Dissapointed, just turned out to me another of a quadzillion IPA out there. Over population of the style fer sher.
Tried
from Can
from
Chalet Premier
on 30 Oct 2025
at 16:43
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can (10/3/24) from Oliver's Beverage Center, Albany. Hazy (fine particulate mist) golden yellow, tons of sparkle, fizzy thin head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is vanilla, holiday spices. Taste is vanilla, strong holiday spices and fruit. Smooth, soft texture, medium bodied, lively carbonation and finish as taste. A little early for the holiday beers but didn't want to let this sit any longer. Glad for the opportunity to sample the brewery.
Tried
from Can
from
Oliver's Beverage Center
on 20 Oct 2025
at 02:05
4.1/10
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Appearance 3
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
From a bottle, pour is plain old clear pale yellow. Nose is dull mild blackberry perfume. First taste is generic fruit beer; typically subtle, but temperate bland insipid and vapid. Kolsch feel and bitterness is retained. Decent carbonation level. Not impressed with most fruit beers of this genre.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Ellicottville Brewing on Chautauqua
on 04 Jul 2025
at 21:44
2.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 1.5
Texture 1
Overall 2
$2 can. Pour is clear near orange pale. Nose is delightfully artificial berry. First taste tells me its not really a kettle soured beer as described. Yea, its fruit, but its dull artificial berry fruit beer with fortified alcohol added. Think berry flavored cleaning fluid. What tartness? What sour? Who knows? Very poor job and I'm pissed picking this up thinking I was getting an open vat sour wild brew. Yes, there is some very mild tartness but I bet this was added with chemicals too. What a mess; there, you have it. Not as bad as an IPA, but pretty bad none the less.
Tried
from Can
at
Ellicottville Brewing on Chautauqua
on 15 Jun 2025
at 18:41
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Another 16 oz can of imperial stout picked up from Half Time, a colorful label, no disputing that. Two good things I see in advance. Barrel aging and bourbon. I have a tulip glass ready to go for the pour so I proceed. I determine a brown-black liquid with a thin light tan skim. A sniff lets me know there is booze involved along with chocolate and toasted bread. The taste is all right but is not up to the level I anticipated. Wheat bread, chocolate certainly, a touch of bourbon, some unexpected coffee, berries, malt and earth. The sensation is thinner than I like in an imperial stout. Decently okay.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Mar 2025
at 01:10
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6
s: grassy | crisp | biscuits
a: clear copper coloured body | nice tan head
t: bitter | nutty | rustic grains
p: toast | light stone fruits | floral end
o: rounded | malt-forward | metallic finish - decent after skiing in Ellicottville (Holiday Valley)
12 ounce bottle | Red Eye Beverage Company: Salamanaca, New York | 02-February-2025 | US$2,38 | bottled: 05-November-2024 | sampled: 28-February-2025
6.0,7.5,6.0,5.0,6.0 (rb)
a: clear copper coloured body | nice tan head
t: bitter | nutty | rustic grains
p: toast | light stone fruits | floral end
o: rounded | malt-forward | metallic finish - decent after skiing in Ellicottville (Holiday Valley)
12 ounce bottle | Red Eye Beverage Company: Salamanaca, New York | 02-February-2025 | US$2,38 | bottled: 05-November-2024 | sampled: 28-February-2025
6.0,7.5,6.0,5.0,6.0 (rb)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2025
at 22:03
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jan 2025
at 18:34